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 91 STAT. 1570

PUBLIC LAW 95-217—DEC. 27, 1977 RECREATION AND OPEN

Grants. Ante, p. 1569.

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SEC. 13. Section 201(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(6) The Administrator shall not make grants from funds authorized for any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1978, to any State, municipality, or intermunicipal or interstate agency for the erection, building, acquisition, alteration, remodeling, improvement, or extension of treatment works unless the grant applicant has satisfactorily demonstrated to the Administrator that the applicant has analyzed the potential recreation and open space opportunities in the planning of the proposed treatment works.". INDIVIDUAL SYSTEMS

Privately owned treatment works, 8™°*^-

33 USC 1284.

SEC. 14. Section 201 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (li) A grant may be made under this section to construct a privately owned treatment works serving one or more principal residences or small commercial establishments constructed prior to, and inhabited on, the date of enactment of this subsection where the Administrator finds that— "(1) a public body otherwise eligible for a grant under subsection (g) of this section has applied on behalf of a number of such units and certified that public ownership of such works is not feasible; "(2) such public body has entered into an agreement with the Administrator which guarantees that such treatment works will be properly operated and maintained and will comply with all other requirements of section 204 of this Act and includes a system of charges to assure that each recipient of waste treatment services under such a grant will pay its proportionate share of the cost of operation and maintenance (including replacement); and " (3) the total cost and environmental impact of providing waste treatment services to such residences or commercial establishments will be less than the cost of providing a system of collection and central treatment of such wastes. In the case of any treatment works assisted under this subsection serving commercial users, any such agreement under paragraph (2) shall make provision for the payment to the United States by the commercial users of the treatment works of that portion of the cost of construction of such works which is applicable to the treatment of commercial wastes to the extent attributable to the Federal share of the cost of construction.". ENERGY REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 15. Section 201 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(i) The Administrator shall encourage waste treatment management methods, processes, and techniques which will reduce total energy requirements.". C O S T EFrECTI\TENESS

Grants.

SEC. 16. Section 201 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(j) The Administrator is authorized to make a grant for any treatment works utilizing processes and techniques meeting the guide-

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